Frostisen

Frostisen

Infobox_Glacier
glacier_name = Frostisen/Ruosstajiegńa


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location = Narvik, Nordland, NOR
coordinates = coord|68|13|N|17|11|E|display=inline,title|type:glacier
area = convert|25|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on
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status = The glacier Frostisen is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. Frostisen covers an area of about 25 km², and is 1,710 meters above sea level at its highest point and 840 meters above sea level at its lowest point. It lies near Skjomen, a fjord branch of Ofotfjorden in the Ofoten district in northern Norway, located just south of the city Narvik.

ee also

*List of glaciers in Norway

References

* [http://www.nve.no/admin/FileArchive/79/største%20breer%20i%20Norge.pdf The largest glaciers in Norway]


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